Auxiliary handle for hoes, rakes, shovels, etc



w; B. PARRISH AUXILIARY HANDLE FOR HOES, RAKES, SHOVELS, ETC

April 21, 1925.

Filed July 27/ 1923 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 gwuentoz K. B. Parr-56,.

April 21, 1925.

W. B. PARRISH AUXILIARY HANDLE FOR HOES RAKES, sHovELs, a'rc Filed July 27, 1923 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Apr. 21, 1925.

UNITED STATES Lennie WASHINGTON B. PAR-RISE, F KEN BRIDGE, VIRGINIA.

AUXILIARY HANDLE FOR I-IOES, BAKES, SI-IOVELS, ETC.

Application filed July 27, 1923.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WASHINGTON B. PAR- RIsH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Kenbridge, in the county'of Lunenburg and State of Virginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Auxiliary Handles for Hoes, Rakes, Shovels, Etc, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has for its object the provision of an auxiliary handle for hoes, rakes,

shovels, mops, forks, and other tools or implements having a relatively long handle with a working element at one end thereof whereby the implement may be grasped by the user with a greater degree of comfort than is the case with the ordinary hoe handles and a stronger grip obtained. The invention seeks to provide an attachment which may be readily adjusted to suit the convenience of the user and which may be applied to any hoe handle at a very slight cost.- Other objects of the invention will appear incidentally in. the course of the following description.

In the drawing, which illustrates one embodiment of my invention,

Figure 1 is a plan view of a hoe having my attachment applied thereto,

Fig. 2 is a section on the line 22 of Fig. 1,

Fig. 3 is a detail.

Fig. 1 is a perspective view showinga form of the invention especially adapted for use on cross-cut saws, and

' Fig. 5:is a detail section of the same.

The hoe comprises the usual blade 1 and handle 2 and is shown merely by way of illustration. In carrying out my invention, I employ a clip or bracket which may conveniently be formed of sheet metal and comprises an upper member 3, a connecting member 4 extending from one end of the said upper member 3 and a lower member 5 which extends from the member 4: and terminates in a pair of eyes or loops 6, the members 3 and 5 spanning the hoe handle, as shown clearly in Fig. 2. The eyes 6 may be conveniently formed by bifurcating the free end of the member 5, as indicated at 10, and then folding or doubling the members of the Serial No. 654,203.

bifurcation upon themselves, as shown clearly in Figs. 2 and 3. The upper member 3 may be reinforced by a block 7 secured thereto by a rivet 8, and a filler 9 of any convenient or preferred material may be 65; interposed between the hoe handle and the members 4 and 5, as shown clearly in Fig. 2, so as to obtain the requisite tight fit between the handle and the bracket if perchance the diameter of the handle should be less than the space between the upper and lower members of the bracket. Inasmuch as the handle 2 ordinarily tapers slightly toward its lower end or that end to which the blade is attached, the use of the filler may or may not be advisable according to the point along the handle at which the attachment is applied. The upper member 3 of the clip or bracket, together with the reinforcing block or plate 7, is provided with an opening, shown at 11, which may be an openended slot or notch and is alined vertically with the bifurcation 10. A bolt 12 is in-' serted through the openings 10 and 11, and has a T-head 13 engaged within the eyes or loops 6, as shown in Fig. 2, whereby turning or rotation of the bolt about the axis of its shank will be prevented. The bolt may be also provided with an abutment or look nut 14 adapted to bear against the under so side of the block 7, and this abutment or look nut will reinforce the free ends of the block 7 and the upper member 3 of the bracket. A clamping plate 15 is mounted upon the bolt 12 above the bracket or clip 5 and is free to slide thereon, the under side of this clamping plate being provided with grooves, indicated at 16, to receive the upper sides of the ends-17 of arms 18 which diverge upwardly'from the clamping plate 9 and from the bracket, as shown in the drawing, and carry between their free ends a grip member 19. A wing nut 20 is mounted upon the upper end of the bolt 12 and is adapted to be turned home against the as clamping plate 15, as will be readily understood.

In use, the handle 2 is grasped by one hand of the user while the other hand grasps the grip member 19, and it will be readily noted that the grip member 19 is disposed at an angleto the handle 2 so that it may be grasped without any discomfort and the implement may be used for a long period without causing fatigue. The grooves in the under side of the clamping plate l5 eiieetuallvprevent spreadingapart of the terminals 17 and also retain the said terminals in proper position upon the upper member 3 of rett a tins breast-1 .Wlwn

the Wing nut 20 is turned home, it serves not only to secure thegrip-member .19. in -the desired position but also serves to tighten the members of the bracket-around the handle 2 so that a single bolt fastens all the parts in place. Thefdevice is exceedingly simple in; construction and may be produced and appl-ied at a-very low cost. "By slightly loosening the wing nut, the grip member 19 may be shifted pivotally about the securing bolt; the clam-plug plate turning with the terminal members 17, sothat the user may placethe grip member 19 in such position as proves to bemost convenient and least fatiguing to himself. If preferred, the entire device maybe removed from the hoe. handle and reversed relative to the position shown; in the drawing-so that it] may be placed'uponthe-hoe handle in such position as may he preferred-and is best suited to either-arightehanded or a left-handed-user. It will understood, of course, that the lock nut 14 is initially set at the lowest possible pesition -upon'the securing bolt and the device is then adjusted to th e'-proper -pe ti pm l ekhaed --an ha i n 20 -;tui ned heme, after Wh-ich the "lock nut is turned ap against-the under side j of the reinforeingblock or -plate 7- so. thatjrelease,

ofthe parts cannot accidentally occur. My attaehment'will; add no appreciable weight to the V implement but, when in place, {will permit the 'usertoso grasp the implement that greater force may be applied to the bladewhileat the sametime thehandof the user will be so disposed that he will experience less discomfort and l'ess iatigue than i i-using the-erdi-nary-tool. The belt l2 will he-retained inthe eyes or loeps {6 at all times and maybe easily svvnng;-pivotally abeut its head-to permit the attachmentto be -removed trom the handle or, to be rought into isecnring position after the attachment has been placed on the handle.

In the storm shown in Figs. 4: and 5,- the construction and arrangement of the clamping and securing members "are the same as in thedt'orm shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3a The auxiliary handle or grip member 21 however, is-equipped with areuate side members 2-2 whichh'ave their terminals 23 arranged in parallel overlapping relation so that they enter the grooves in theelamping plate from opposite sides; of the .plateii-nstead of from thesame si'de. thereo fi. This form of anxil:

iary handle is adjustable in the same manne' and to the same extent as the first described form but is especially adaptable to the handles of cross-cut saws. A washer 30 having grooves in its face is inserted between the terminals 23 and the clamping plate so as to .ai d inrpreventing spreading of the terminals and also to bridge the notches 11.

Haring thus. des ribedh invention What is claimed as new is:

mg upon the said bracket, and a single .111921118 for securing the bracket upon the hoe handle and the auxiliary handle uponthe bracket, the auxiliary handle being pivotally m ovable about the securing means andincluding a grip member disposed at an angle to the axis of pivotal movement. a

3. An attachment for implement handles comprisin a'brachet adapted to fit around thehandla an auxiliary handle comprising arms havingterminal portions lying across the top of'saidlbracket aml a grip member carried bysaid ar1ns,--a-securing bolt inserted throughf the bracket tosecur e the same upon thejhai 'dle, saidarmsbein pivotally movable about said bolt, -and"ineans mounted on said bolt, and engagingthe terminal por tiens oi? the ar-ms' to seeure'said-arms upon the bracket in a set relation to the bolt,the grip memberbeing disposed at an angle to the axis of the securingbolt.

l. An attachment for implementhandles comprising a bracket adapted to fit around the handle, an auxiliary .haindle comprising a grip member and arms carrying said/grip member and -havingsspaced terminal por tions resting upon-the bracket, a clamping plate bearing upon saidternnnal portions and having.groovesi-n its under side engaging said portions, .a securing bolt inserted throughthe ends ofthe bracket and passing bet-Ween said terminal portions and through the clamping plate, and a. nut mounted on said :bolt and ibear'ag upon said clamping plate.

5. An attachment for handles comprising abracket adaptedto fit around the handle and havingla lower member provided with a pair ofterminaleyes and an upper memher having an opening therethrough, a grip member, arms carrying said grip member and having spaced terminal portions resting. on the upper side ofthe brackeha clamping plate bearing upon and engaging said terminal portions, a bolt inserted upwardly through the members of the bracket and having a T-head engaging in the said terminal eyes, the bolt passing through the opening in the upper portion of the bracket and through the said clamping plate, an

element on the bolt-bearing against the under side of the upper member of the bracket, and a securing nut mounted on the end of 10 the bolt and bearing upon the clamping plate.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

WASHINGTON B. PARRISH. [L. s.] 

